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Nice points from the team tonight vs Kazakhstan
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Team has lived up to expectation to this point, and awaits the second round with a strong position in the pool

MVPS
3 votes- Hawkins (21pts on 8-9FG, 3 ass, 3 rebs, 2 3pters)
2 votes- Nagata (16pts on 8-10FG, 13 boards, 3 assists, 2 steals)
1 vote- Gerber (19pts on 7-9 FG, 2 steals, 2 boards)
Nice rebounds from McEwen, Nice assist game from Stojkovic! Plenty of great stat lines tonight. The bench went out and whacked them in garbage time too.

am i the only one who's really worried about both Nagata & Mcewen not being sustainable past the 22y season? Don't get me wrong, having them this season gives Australia a real shot at doing some REAL damage at the U21 season. But what worries me is that if they keep getting trained, their salary will spiral out of control. And training them out of position with that salary is near unsustainable.

If i'm offending the maangers of those players, then i'm asking for forgiveness up front. But they could have been transformed into breath taking PF's. Just keeping their salary down a tad more, only to add secundairy skills. Also, with this new available options, i think training for the U21 lvl should be reconsidered (but that is a discussion i'll be having with Whitewind, unless others would like to hear my oppinion on it)

i'm really scared that those players will have been burned up for the U21 lvl, where as they could have been corner piece at the NT lvl. if their potential was a little lower, then that is a different discussion all together. But MVP or better should be carefully considered imo.

Just to be clear, i'm speculating here, since i don't know their exact skills either (altho it's not to hard to make educated guesses with that salary at that age)

Indonesia defeated by Australia
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It was a nice start to the game shutting down opposition scoring opportunities early on, limiting them to a 13pt first quarter. Controlling the game from there, we cruised to a 47pt win

MVPs
3 votes- Gerber- 25pts, 5 boards, 4 blocks
2 votes- McEwen- 15 boards,10 pt double double
1 vote- Hawkins- 22pts, 3 assists.

Thanks!

Aus 101 def Iran 61
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Great team defense to hold them to 61pts. Great sharing of the ball saw good assist numbers and a good balance on the scoresheet.

MVPs
3 votes- Nagata- 21 boards, 9 O boards, 15pts
2 votes- Mano- 18pts, 4 boards
1 vote- Hawkins- 17pts, 3 assists

Next week is a real test against runner up of last seasons world cup, Taiwan.

Aus defeat Taiwan
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Was a nice win taking down worrld no 2 Taiwan..The pools are now set for the second stage. Well done on going undefeated through the first round.

Mvps- 3- McEwen. Great efficiency and fouldd out 2 defenders!
2- Nagata
1- Stojkovic

Aus defeat Hong Kong
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2nd stage has begun with some interesting contests. Taiwan vs China went to 3OT and Taiwan was crazy close to pulling off the upset win.

MVPs
3- Nagata
2- McEwen
1- Stojkovic

Next up is Philippines.

Merry Xmas to all, ive wished for a triple pop on my trainee from Santa Claus. (g)

Congratulations for the game today against the Philippines, Coach whitewind! That is what I call a fair game.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks mate, the Philippines are doing really well too which is good to see.

Philippines defeat Aus

Mvps
3- McEwen
2- Cullis
1- Nagata

Happy new year everyone! Peace.